Please read the following terms and conditions very carefully as your use of service is subject to your acceptance of and compliance with the following terms and conditions ("Terms").

By subscribing to or using any of our services you agree that you have read, understood and are bound by the Terms, regardless of how you subscribe to or use the services. If you do not want to be bound by the Terms, you must not subscribe to or use our services.

In these Terms, references to "you", "User" shall mean the end user accessing the Website, its contents and using the Services offered through the Website. "Service Providers" mean independent third party service providers, and "we", "us" and "our" shall mean Quest Retail Private Limited (The Body Shop India), its franchisor, The Body Shop International Limited. UK (BSI), its affiliates and partners.

 

Introduction:

 

1. www.thebodyshop.in ("Website") is an internet based content and e-commerce portal operated by Quest Retail Private Limited (The Body Shop India), a company incorporated under the laws of India.

2. Use of the Website is offered to you conditioned on acceptance without modification of all the terms, conditions and notices contained in these Terms, as may be posted on the Website from time to time. The Body Shop India at its sole discretion reserves the right not to accept a User from registering on the Website without assigning any reason thereof.

 

User Account, Password, and Security:

 

You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the Website's registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify The Body Shop India of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. The Body Shop India cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.

 

Services Offered:

 

www.thebodyshop.in provides a number of Internet-based services through the Website (all such services, collectively, the "Service"). One such service enables users to purchase original merchandise such as Cosmetics, Toiletries and other related accessories under “The Body Shop” brand (collectively, "Products"). Upon placing an order, The Body Shop India shall ship the product to you and be entitled to its payment for the Services.

 

Privacy Policy:

 

The User hereby consents, expresses and agrees that he has read and fully understands the Privacy Policy of The Body Shop India Website. The user further consents that the terms and contents of such Privacy Policy are acceptable to him.

 

Limited User:

 

The User agrees and undertakes not to reverse engineer, modify copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or software obtained from the Website. Limited reproduction and copying of the content of the Website is permitted provided that The Body Shop India's name is stated as the source and prior written permission of The Body Shop India is sought. For the removal of doubt, it is clarified that unlimited or wholesale reproduction, copying of the content for commercial or non-commercial purposes and unwarranted modification of data and information within the content of the Website is not permitted.

 

User Conduct and Rules:

 

You agree and undertake to use the Website and the Service only to post and upload messages and material that are proper. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree and undertake that when using a Service, you will not:

1. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others;

2. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information;

3. Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;

4. Upload or distribute files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Website or another's computer;

5. Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;

6. Download any file posted by another user of a Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner;

7. Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;

8. Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines, which may be applicable for or to any particular Service;

9. Violate any applicable laws or regulations for the time being in force in or outside India; and

10. Violate any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other terms and conditions for the use of the Website contained elsewhere herein.

11. Exploit any of the services. We reserve the right to deprive individual customers of our Cash on Delivery payment option. Moreover, we might refuse any of our services, terminate accounts, and/or cancel orders at our discretion, including but not limited to, if we believe that customer conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to our interests.

12. You shall not make any derogatory, defamatory, abusive, inappropriate, profane or indecent statement/s and/or comment/s about The Body Shop India, its franchisor, associates and partners on any property owned by The Body Shop India.

 

User Warranty and Representation:

 

The user guarantees, warrants, and certifies that you are the owner of the content which you submit or otherwise authorised to use the content and that the content does not infringe upon the property rights, intellectual property rights or other rights of others. You further warrant that to your knowledge, no action, suit, proceeding, or investigation has been instituted or threatened relating to any content, including trademark, trade name service mark, and copyright formerly or currently used by you in connection with the Services rendered by The Body Shop India.

 

Exactness Not Guaranteed:

 

The Body Shop India hereby disclaims any guarantees of exactness as to the finish and appearance of the final Product as ordered by the user. The quality of any products, Services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Website may not meet your expectations. Alterations to certain aspects of your order such as merchandise specification, size, colour, shape, units, weight etc. may be required, due to limitations caused by availability of product difference. In this instance you agree that a representative from The Body Shop India will call you or send an approval request via the email address which you submitted when placing your order. If you do not agree with the requested change you retain the right to reject the requested production change by replying to it within 10 days of it being sent to you. The Body Shop India may re-request that you accept a product alteration one additional time if an alternative method to send your required merchandise / product is available. If you reject this 2nd request (re-request) your order will be cancelled and all amount paid by you for the order will be fully refunded via your initial method of payment, within 15 days of your final refusal.

 

Links to Third Party Sites:

 

The Website may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites").The Linked Sites are not under the control of The Body Shop India or the Website and The Body Shop India is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. The Body Shop India is not responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received by you from any Linked Site. The Body Shop India is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by The Body Shop India or the Website of the Linked Sites or any association with its operators or owners including the legal heirs or assigns thereof. The users are requested to verify the accuracy of all information on their own before undertaking any reliance on such information.

 

Disclaimer of Warranties/Limitation of Liability:

 

It is the customer's responsibility to login earlier if they want to avail better products or styles because The Body Shop India sales are "first come, first served". The merchandise is not restocked once sold out. No information regarding the presence of any Product in our stock will be guaranteed and we will alert you only when an item is sold out.

The terms and conditions for such Contest shall be separately available on the Site. In the event of any conflict between these T&C and the terms and conditions pertaining to any Contest, such terms and conditions shall prevail.

We as a merchant shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of the decline of authorization for any Transaction, on Account of the Cardholder having exceeded the preset limit mutually agreed by us with our acquiring bank from time to time.

Our Online website is presented “As Is”. We make no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, in connection with these terms and conditions or the site, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose, except to the extent such representations and warranties are not legally excludable.

You agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be responsible or liable (whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise), under any circumstances, for any (a) interruption of business; (b) access delays or access interruptions to the site; (c) data non-delivery, misdelivery, corruption, destruction or other modification; (d) loss or damages of any sort incurred as a result of dealings with or the presence of off-website links on the website; (e) computer viruses, system failures or malfunctions which may occur in connection with your use of the site, including during hyperlink to or from third party websites (f) any inaccuracies or omissions in content or (g) events beyond our reasonable control.

The Body Shop personal care products are based on natural formulations. Though enormous efforts are made and precautions taken to render the products absolutely safe for human use, it is possible that certain ingredients may cause allergic reactions to certain individuals or adversely affect individuals with pre-existing medical conditions. Please make yourself aware of the ingredients and usage instructions accompanying each of our products to make sure that they are safe for you to use. It will be your sole responsibility to take proper precaution/ professional medical/ dermatological advice before using any of our personal care products that you may be allergic to. You agree that the Bodyshop India will not be responsible or liable for any product related issues including without limitation any allergic reactions to you on account of usage of our products. For any purchases made through www.thebodyshop.in, you will inter alia be governed by the limitation of liability and disclaimer conditions provided in more detail with the product packaging/leaflets.

Further, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits) related to the Website or your use thereof regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages and in no event shall our maximum aggregate liability exceed INR 2,000 only.

You agree that no claims or action arising out of, or related to, the use of the website or these terms and conditions may be brought by you more than one (1) year after the cause of action relating to such claim or action arose

 

Indemnification:

 

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Body Shop India from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements in connection therewith and interest chargeable thereon) asserted against or incurred by The Body Shop India that arise out of, result from, or may be payable by virtue of, any breach or non-performance of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made or obligation to be performed by you pursuant to these Terms.

 

Pricing:

 

Prices for products are described on our Website and are incorporated into these Terms by reference. All prices are in Indian rupees. Prices, products and Services may change at The Body Shop India’s discretion.

 

Gift With Purchase/Product With Purchase

 

We sometimes run promotions that might entail a free gift or a product on your purchase at thebodyshop.in. Please note that these promotional products might or might not have a Best Use Date of greater than 1 year and you have the complete discretion to accept or remove the said product from the cart. 

 

MRP Disclaimer:

 

MRP of some of our products in Offline and Online channel may vary subject to date / period of manufacturing and/or import date of the products, however it is always remains intact as declared on specific product / SKU at the time of import

 

Shipping:

 

Title and risk of loss for all products ordered by you shall pass on to you upon The Body Shop India's shipment to the shipping carrier.

 

Packaging:

 

As part of our commitment to the environment, we will continue to focus on reducing our packaging, which minimizes the impact on our environment.  As such, some of our products do not come with extra packaging such as safety seals and inner lids. Our products are also packaged to provide sufficient ‘head space’ to minimize content leakage, sometimes resulting in cream shifting within the container during delivery

 

EGV:

 

EGV received against Loyalty Club Card reward can be redeemed online. No other Voucher issued from Offline store or any other source will be redeemed online.

 

Termination:

 

1. The Body Shop India may suspend or terminate your use of the Website or any Service if it believes, in its sole and absolute discretion that you have breached any of the Terms.

2. If you or The Body Shop India terminates your use of the Website or any Service, The Body Shop India may delete any content or other materials relating to your use of the Service and The Body Shop India will have no liability to you or any third party for doing so.

3. You shall be liable to pay for any Service or product that you have already ordered till the time of Termination by either party whatsoever. Further, you shall be entitled to your royalty benefits as per the Policy that has or is legally deemed accrued to you.

 

Headings:

 

The headings and subheadings herein are included for convenience and identification only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of the Terms or the right to use the Website by you contained herein or any other section or pages of the Website or any Linked Sites in any manner whatsoever.

 

Interpretation of Number and Genders:

 

The Terms herein shall apply equally to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine and feminine. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation". Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "herein", "hereof", "hereto", "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to the Terms as a whole.

 

Severability:

 

If any provision of the Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part of such provision and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions of these Terms shall continue to be in full force and effect.

 

Report Abuse:

 

As per these Terms, users are solely responsible for every material or content uploaded on to the Website. The Body Shop India does not review the contents in any way before they appear on the Website. The Body Shop India does not verify, endorse or otherwise vouch for the contents of any user or any content generally posted or uploaded on to the Website. Users can be held legally liable for their contents and may be held legally accountable if their contents or material include, for example, defamatory comments or material protected by copyright, trademark, etc. If you come across any abuse or violation of these Terms, please report to customercare.tbs@questretail.in

 

Unauthorized Charges on your card

 

If you see charges on your credit/debit card for purchases made on THE BODY SHOP INDIA, but you never created an account or signed up, please check with your family members or business colleagues authorized to make purchases on your behalf, to confirm that they haven't placed the order. If you're still unable to recognize the charge, please report the unauthorized purchase within 60 days of the transaction to enable The Body Shop India to begin an investigation.

 

Cancellation of Fraudulent Orders

 

To provide a safe and secure shopping experience, we regularly monitor transactions for fraudulent activity. In the event of detecting any suspicious activity, The Body Shop India reserves the right to cancel all past, pending and future orders without any liability. The Body Shop India also reserves the right to refuse or cancel orders in scenarios like inaccuracies in pricing of product on website and stock unavailability. We may also require additional verifications or information before accepting any order. We will contact you if all or any portion of your order is cancelled or if additional information is required to accept your order. If your order is cancelled after your card has been charged, the said amount will be reversed to your Card Account. Any promotional voucher used for the cancelled orders may not be refunded.

 

Cancellation of Bulk Orders

 

The Body Shop India may cancel any orders that classify as 'Bulk Order' under certain criteria at any stage of the product delivery. An order can be classified as 'Bulk Order' if it meets with the below mentioned criteria, and any additional criteria as defined by The Body Shop India:

1. Products ordered are not for self-consumption but for commercial resale

2. Multiple orders placed for same product at the same address, depending on the product category

3. Bulk quantity of the same product ordered

4. Invalid address given in order details

5. Any malpractice used to place the order

Any promotional voucher used for placing the 'Bulk Order' may not be refunded

 

What we do about mispricings

 

Despite our best efforts, a small number of the many hundreds of items in our catalogue are mispriced. However, we verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures.

If an item's correct price is lower than our stated price, we charge the lower amount and send you the item. If a product's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will cancel your order and notify you of that cancellation.

 

Ownership of materials on the site

 

The Body Shop International Limited is, unless otherwise stated, the owner of all copyright and database rights in the site and its contents. You may not publish, distribute, extract, re-utilize, or reproduce any part of the site in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means) other than in accordance with the limited use license set out in our copyright notice or as permitted by the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 or The Trademark Act, 1999 as applicable or any equivalent legislation as may apply in India.

 

Trade marks

 

All brand, product and service names used in this site are the trademarks, trade names or service marks of The Body Shop International Limited unless otherwise stated. You may not market or distribute products or offer services under or by reference to or otherwise use or reproduce any such trademarks, trade names or service marks without the prior written permission of The Body Shop International Limited or the owner of such trademarks, trade names or service marks.

 

Copyright

 

The contents of the pages of this website solely belong to The Body Shop India. Reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than in accordance with the following permissions:-

a. License to copy for personal use: You may make copies of the site as necessary incidental acts during your viewing of it, and you may take a print for your personal use of so much of the site as is reasonable for private purposes.

b. License to recopy for limited purposes:

You may recopy the material to individual third parties for their personal information only, but only if:

1. You acknowledge the web pages of The Body Shop India as the source of the material. You must include such acknowledgement along with the top-level URL from the Body Shop India website in the copy of the material; and

2. You inform the third party that these conditions apply to him or her and that he/she must comply with them. This license to recopy does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic or any other form. In particular (but without limitation) no part of a page from the website of The Body Shop may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose.

No part of the website of The Body Shop India may be reproduced or transmitted to or stored in any other web site or other form of electronic retrieval system.

 

Amendments of the terms

 

We reserve the right to amend these Terms without notice to you from time to time. Any such amendment shall be effective once the revised terms have been posted on the site.

 

Governing Law

 

These terms shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India without reference to conflict of laws principles and disputes arising in relation hereto shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at New Delhi.

 

General

 

You acknowledge and agree that these Terms and Conditions constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between us concerning your use of the website, and supersede and govern all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the changes on the website and providing notice of such change. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Site and release of notice of such change. Your continued use of the website thereafter constitutes your agreement to all such changed Terms and Conditions. We may, with or without prior notice, terminate any of the rights granted by these Terms and Conditions. You shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, including, as applicable, by ceasing all use of the website.

Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between us. Our failure to require your performance of any provision hereof shall not affect our full right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall our waiver of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself. In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by any applicable arbitral award or court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole but these Terms and Conditions shall be modified, to the extent possible, by the adjudicating entity to most fully reflect the original intent of the parties as reflected in the original provision.

 

Sample

 

The Sample dispalyed on site are for promotion purpose and NOT FOR SALE. The Body Shop India may cancel any order if the samples are added in the order above the permissible limit. 

 

Terms for Promotions/Contests/Offers/Campaigns

 

General Terms for Offers and Promotions

 

1. Discounts will be applied to the total merchandise value including GST and applicable taxes. Issuance or redemption of a voucher or coupon will apply to the total value of the qualifying order once all promotional discounts have been applied.

2. Only one credit note/gift coupon/coupon can be used per order unless otherwise stated.

3. Discount coupons - Discount coupons may from time to time be offered to account holders; such coupons may only be applied to purchases made through the account to which the discount coupon was offered and registered. If you need a refund, this will be made in the same way as the original payment method (such as onto a gift voucher, debit/credit card account, a combination of the two and in case of COD, a Bank Transfer).

4. Promotional discount coupons - We may from time to time offer promotional discount coupons which may apply in respect of any, or certain specified, purchases made though this Website.

5. The Body Shop India shall introduce various offers, schemes or contest at different times. 2 different offers cannot be clubbed unless mentioned on the site.  

6. The Body Shop India reserves the right to change/modify/add/delete any of the terms and conditions prevailing on the different promotional schemes it introduces in market from time to time. THE BODY SHOP INDIA, at its discretion, can withdraw a particular scheme from the website or market.

7. In case of any query pertaining to use of coupon and/or credit note or regarding the schemes, please email customer care at customercare.tbs@questretail.in or call @ +91-8287-666-041.

8. While participating in any The Body Shop India contest you hereby agree to release and hold The Body Shop India (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, and employees) harmless from any claim or demand, but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees, or arising out of or related to your participation in the said Contest.

9. The Body Shop India reserves the right to cancel any orders placed using promotional vouchers. Some situations where your order may be cancelled include, without limitation, misuse of any promotional vouchers, unauthorized usage of vouchers or inaccuracies of voucher pricing and value thresholds. The voucher amount will not be refunded for such cases.

10. Suitable legal action will be taken against websites involved in unauthorized publication of The Body Shop India vouchers. The Body Shop India will only honor vouchers which are issued or published directly by us or our partner websites.

 

Terms & Conditions for End of Season Sale (EOSS)

 

1. The End of Season Sale runs till stock lasts. Sale up to 50% off does not imply that all products are on 50% discount; SALE is on selected products but this number will change as and when stock levels decrease. This End of Season Sale is only applicable in India, and is in ‘Life Style domain’.

2. Sign up coupons cannot be used against sale/discounted items. For more details read registration coupon rules.

3. Sale/discounts apply to selected items only. Although there may be many Products on SALE, but there might be some exclusion.

4. Due to technical issues, typographical information received from our suppliers and service providers, prices of the products shown on the Site may vary during the order process. If you come across any errors in pricing or billing, we request you to contact us within 24 hours of receiving your order so that we may provide a remedy for the same.

5. Promotional offers and discounts may be combined only at the discretion of THE BODY SHOP INDIA.

6. All offers are non-transferable and have no cash value.

7. The Body Shop India reserves the right to extend or terminate the offers/sale, without further information at any point of time.

8. The Body Shop India reserves the right, at any time, to amend/add/remove/modify (in whole or part) any of the terms & conditions of this sale, or to replace, wholly or in part, this promotion by another promotion, whether similar to this promotion or not, or to withdraw it altogether, and The Body Shop India’s decision in this regard shall be final and requires no intimation to the customer of any sort.

9. All refund will be in the form of vouchers only.

10. In case of any further query pertaining to use of coupon and/or credit note or regarding the sale/offers, please call at +91-8287-666-041 or email to customer care at customercare.tbs@questretail.in

 

CONTACT US

 

Customer care

Want to know about order status or queries related to a product give us a call or drop a line

Phone : +91-9599227343

Email : customercare.tbs@questretail.in

 

Complaint

If you are not happy with our services call the number above and ask for a Complaint to be raised. Our complaint handling champs would attend to your issue straightaway. If your concern still remains unresolved, please drop an email to customercare.tbs@questretail.in

 

Our Address

The Body Shop India
Quest Retail Private Limited
7th Floor, Infinity Tower 'A',
DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase-II,
Gurgaon – 122002,
Haryana
India